Fortepiano
Artist: Joseph Schantz (1762 - 1828)
Location: Holburne Museum of Art
Date: 1795 - 1800
Materials: yew
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £15,000)
Vendor: Anonymous
Review number: 3042 (1984)
Description:
Fortepiano veneered in yew with gilt metal mounts, the keyboard is of ebony with bone facings to the accidentals. Enamel plaque bears the inscription: 'Johann Schantz No 52 in Wien'. The compass is five octaves and a third (FF to a3). The piano is bichord, (two strings to a note) from FF to B1 flat, the rest is trichord. It has two bridges, an unusual feature for a Viennese instrument, two knee levers and a bassoon stop.
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